The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-05-19

thorpe Bros. and Coleman q Blackwell
are considered the heaviest losers. The
origin OF the fire is unknown.
Minot is the present terminus ofthe Man.
itoba railroad.
Maj. Bell, OF the Seventh cavalry, ar
rived at Bismarck, en- route to Fort
Buford, from which place he will take two
companies OF cavalry to the field for serv.
ice in the construction OF the extension oil
the Manitoba roads. The troops will
keep in the van, and while there is nc
knowledge OF III intention on the part oil
the Indians to interfere with the building
OF the road across the reservation, it has
been thought best by the company as well
as by the government to have troops on
the field.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McClelland, vida
Of Hon. Robert McClelland, ex-governor OF
Michigan and secretary OF the interior un-
der President Pierce, died in Detroit in her
seventy-third year.
4. M. Healy in the house of commons
asked what answer had been returned by
the government t. the letter of Patrick
Egan, treasurer OF the old Land League,
Offering to return to Dublin and stand
trial Tor charges against him, providing
the venue in his case was not removed
from Dublin. Col. King-Harman, parlia-
mentary secretary for Ireland, replied
that no answer has been sent for the rea-
son that no such letter had been received.
1t is becoming apparent that Dakota
opening of the great Sioux reservation
alone in the Fiftieth congress, and that
stronger forces than a single-handed dele
CATION in congress will come here to urge
upon the house the immediate opening to
settlement OF $4,000 square miles of that
magnificent domain.
Secretary Sherman compromises on coin
certificates to the bullion value OF the
silver.
A fire at Holland, on the Canadian Pa
cific 4 Southwestern railway, destroyed
the following property: Shaw & Higgin-
sons general store, loss $50. 600, insurance
$4,000: Mawhinney & Buchart's store, loss
$4,000, insurance 81, 500; Az P. Sinclair's
hotel, loss $4,000, no insurance; Richard
Agar's store, loss 5000, no insurance.
Ex-senator Mahone's wife and daughter
are visiting in California.
Ex-Congressman Barbour OF Virginia
says his career as a legislator is ended.
DR.. G. A. Van Anda reported to the min
listers OF Minneapolis that as a result oil
the Jones Small meeting from 800 500
people had signified a desire to join a
church. ~ =
Clara L%indmeyer, a sixteen-year- old girl
employed as a domestic by s. E. Bruce oi
st. Anthony Park, was instantly killed at
st. Anthony Park station, st. Paul.
A German-American, Frederick Stark OF
Chicago. from Stark Bros, has according
to the Zurich papers, defrauded two banks
at Zurich. He sold two genuine bills oil
exchange payable at sight drawn by the
New York firm of Halgarten & Co. upon
the International Bank of London, and
another drawn by Speyer Bros, Of New
York, upon Spyer Bros. Of London. Du.
plicates Of these bills, endorsed by Her.
bert OF New York, were presented and paid
in London. Stark tried similar frauds in
Pesth and Trieste. After cashing a check
on the Banque Generate at Milan he disap.
peared.
Senator Stanford has given his brother
Josiah q $25O,O0 ranch.
President Cleveland will visit several 81
! the soldiers homes during the summer.